Yes, my friend, this is a question I have asked before. Why when sometimes you send a message is nothing there? No, I forgot what I was going to say in the beginning. I am curious why blank messages get sent.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:11:21 -0700 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] My findings on pk programming potential >Hi Rhonda, >There was no new text in this message. >Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda Clark >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:56 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: re: [Braillenote] My findings on pk programming potential >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Vega, Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:20:12 -0700 >>Subject: [Braillenote] My findings on pk programming potential >>This is so you won't have to go dig in the bp archives Hello to all >>I am an IT Support Specialist who owns a Braille note pk. I work with >>many different operating systems, and there for feel vary limited on >>what the pk offers in functionality, especially because of what is the >>potential I see for this thing. >>Well, last night I got fed up and said no more! There for I spent five >>hours to learn what this thing was about. >>Now, allot of people will just take any companies word when they say >>"nope, you can't do that with our product", and just stop in their >>tracks. Well, I often prove the impossible to be possible and I will >>explain my findings. >>Lets take a disclaimer brake k???? >>Please note: >>My comments and/or opinions in this email in any way shape or form are >>not in anyway ment to damage humanware, or discredit humanware, only to >>compliment humanware and really let them know that they're developers >>out here that see the potential for their products and know that they >>could do so much more. >>---end disclaimer--- >>Now the findings.... >>So I use a Braille note pk with the keysoft 6 build 26 and windows ce >>4.20. I am a developer, I have done commercial work from time to time >>but mainly a hobbiest now. I write in the major low level and mid >>level languages, and well, feel that I have what it takes for >>programming for these things. >>Let me explain a little to you about what the internals of the pk >>and/or the bn line is. Please note:This information I give is public >>information, I, in anyway, am not giving out confidential information >>just information that was found out by just "putting two and two >>together". >>Keysoft is a shell to windows ce, as explorer is a shell to windows. >>We currently have a 400mhz processor in our pk's and 32? Or 64? Of ram >>and 32? Or 64? Of flash disk. We run a standard windows ce os, so >>there is no reason why we can't program for the platform with regular >>tools and I'll explain why. >>In the "utilities menu" off the main menu, there in an option called >>"application program" witch lets you run (in theory, says humanware but >>really isn't implemented right now) it presents you with the standard >>"choose file to" and lets you browse file directories to find a program >>to run. Well..... >>The program I downloaded and test for about five hours was called: >>Pocket putty >>http://pocketputty.duxy.net >>Witch is a windows ce version of the popular putty for windows, witch >>is used to interface with unix/linux boxes from windows. Now...... >>When you open a program you wish to run, you get presented with a text >>input prompt that says "command line?" witch is asking what switches >>you would like to run with this program. >>Since I have none, I just hit enter right??? wrong. Cause with the >>pocket putty on my Ipaq, the first screen is a "connection screen" and >>you type the ip or host name you want to connect to. And so, I believe >>if that horrid "command line " prompt didn't appear, I would be able to >>interact with the program directly. >>Unfortunately, the "pdi" that human ware use to be was miss leading >>when they told some one on here that there was no way to code for the >>platform cause you had to talk to the display and speech chip and I'll >>tell you why. >>Now, if I left the command line prompt blank, my pk would just sit >>there as if nothing happened. But anything I enter, be it a word, or >>ip the command line prompt takes the first char I enter and takes it as >>a switch, well.... Kind of , but putty takes it as the host I am >>trying to enter and tries to connect to "1" instead of the "192.x.x.x" >>that I typed in. now, if the information was true witch some one said >>on here that the program would essentially run silent was true, I >>wouldn't received a error directly from putty wanting me to choose a >>choice on how to proceed. >>Now, in order to explain this, I hit every letter in the alphabet, and >>when I typed a "n" the pk said "no" and when I hit "I" the pk said >>"ignore" and when I hit "y" the pk said "yes". Now this tells me that >>there are three buttons in a dialogue I have choices to choose. And I >>verified this with my ipaq. >>Granted, this is as far as I got, and let me conclude by saying what we >>learned. >>1. keysoft is only a shell such as explorer is and has potential to be >>improved. >>2. since we run a normal ce os, we should be able to just code in c or >>c++or what ever and create programs. >>3. essentially an sdk is not needed from my research, maybe some >>instructions or documentation on how to interface with keysoft. >>4. I will write a program for windows ce tonight in c and see how it >>works hout in different environments. >>5. the program directly sends information to the display and the >>speech chip I come to this conclusion this cause it sent me an error >>message to my display that the pk fully interacted with. >>Gabe Vega >>Technical Support Specialist >>Information Services Unit >>Arizona Industries for the Blind >>CellPhone:(602) 488-9862 >>NOTICE: This e-mail (and any attachments) may contain PRIVILEGED OR >CONFIDENTIAL information and is intended only for the use of the specific >individual(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is >privileged and confidential under state and federal law. This information >may be used or disclosed only in accordance with law, and you may be subject >to penalties under law for improper use or further disclosure of the >information in this e-mail and its attachments. 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